New Years, Etc

Trying to journal more via my blog.

2016 is going to be a damn interesting year; I can feel it.

New Years Eve I spent with a handful of my favoritist people.

we sang, we danced, we drank. 

Liz and I carved a pumpkin.  

Bettet later than never, eh? 

what else? 

Yesterday it snowed in Portland.

Today it's all iced over. 

I'm very grateful my place of working is only a block away from mi casa.

i saw my friends lee and Alicia play a show at Alberta Street Pub. The night before the snow happened.

my friend Paige was in town from Seattle. They're one of my favorite peoples. 

more words later. I need to drink more coffee.

be free fellow earthlings.  

-abc

smoogie Is a champ.

smoogie Is a champ.

Portland, Oregon: Rose City

Portland, Oregon: Rose City

oh oh oh

oh oh oh

olaf. 

olaf. 

lee all-star

lee all-star

almost 2016

extra! extra! read all about it. 

drink up in october, like it's the "4th of July".

hi friends.

it's almost the year of 2016. 

i haven't made proper usage of this blog in a moment.

that's okay though.

i've also been posting drawings less. 

i think i'll be posting my sleepwalking comics on Tues, Thurs, Saturday.

instead of the previous routine of M-F.

why? 

the meditation/routine of drawing has brought me much clarity.

drawing came out of writer's block.

i'm trying to refocus said energies into other disciplines.

Ex: read a book, write some words, maybe write some songs.

speaking of songs, i've been writing some words and melodies to a few tracks with my friend and roommate, Tim Craft.

when the timing is right i will share them. 

regardless… it's been fun to write some songs again.

i read a lot of news.

probably at par with how often the most of you refresh Facebook feed or your snapchats.

there's a lot happening out there dudes.

there's also a lot of bullshit distractions.

know the difference.

i also hope to point more of that out this upcoming year.

it's got to be creative though. 

aggressive, passionate, and creative. 

is it possible?

i guess i'll find out.

i don't know what else to say at the moment.

the more we get together the happier we'll be. 

be free, fellow earthlings.

-abc

 

 

whitechrizzzmas

i was hanging out with my friend Zak Austin the other day.

He has a cool synth and some editing programs that i myself do not have nor do i have the discipline to master said programs.

the plan was to jam and see what happens, but there is plenty of gear to record if we play something the sound of something we hear.

i made a drony synth line or two. 

i listened to the said riff. wrote down some rambles. wandered in and out of the house.

it's hard to sit still.

recorded a few scratch tracks of this and that.

all the cold rain outside prompted me to write down,

"i'm dreaming of a white christmas"

the rest fell together quite effortlessly.

i've wanted to make my own version of "white christmas" for a long time.

tis the season. happy christmas fellow earthlings.

-abc

 

Thank You

Before I get distracted many a more times as I tend to do.

Thank you to everyone who came by our art show on Halloween.

I met a lot of cool people. I wish I had met more of you but my attention span... Well it's short.

also lots of great tunes and cool costumes.  

anyway.. Thank you to everyone who made my Halloween awesome. 

-abc

i took this photo before my eyes fully opened this morning.

i sat up in bed and the sky was brigh and shiny so i snapped a couple shots and got ready for work. 

This is my bedside view. life is alright. 

-abc

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